Plenty of people have been getting returns (technically, they are exceptions made on a per-case basis) well outside of the turn period at the Apple Retail Store. I got my Sport exchanged for a SS three months after I purchased it. It's worth a shot, just be really nice and don't go in expecting anything.

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